Tegu ate her tail

[Mikeiam]

So my tegu recently got a hurt tail like it looked cut on top of her tail yesterday so today I went to check on her and she was out of her cage and had blood on her mouth and nails and her tail is gone !. Why would she eat her own tail she’s always fed everyday ! So I know she wasn’t starving ..!

 

[Walter1]

That's odd.

 

[Mikeiam]

I have no idea what’s been going on with her. But her tail is no we’re to be found and I just figured she ate it cuz the blood on her mouth

 

[Debita]

Animals sometimes eat or chew things that are bothering/painful to them. Question is how did it's tail start bleeding in the first place? You might check your enclosure for probs maybe? Sorry